A Bittersweet Night

So I wanted to start off with a small update. Since I've come back from the Ecuador Trip that I went on back in late July, I can honestly admit that my life isn't RADICALLY different, but I am constantly reminded of what I learned while I was down there. There are so many things around Orlando that remind of Ecuador... weird isn't it?!?! I haven't gotten the chance to do as much photography as I had hoped for and I can honestly say that I do miss it a lot.

- Do I miss all of the post-production? Not so much.
- Do I miss lugging around all of the equipment? Not so much.
- Do I miss standing on my feet all day, walking back and forth on a football field? Not so much.
- Then what do I miss?

I miss snapping away shots. The one thing that I love about photography is that I am in control. I don't have to listen to a teacher, do it a certain way, or even take CERTAIN pictures. I'm given a general subject,   and I am my own instructor. The best is getting that PERFECT candid shot. You know, the shot of the dad giving his little girl a kiss, the photograph of the girl with "that look" in her eye as she watches her boyfriend play football (ha-ha), it's those perfect "kodak moments" that make it all worth it. Cliche??? YES!!! But the truth is, you will never understand it until YOU are behind the lense.

Yesterday, Friday, September 17, 2010 was Cypress Creek's homecoming football game where the homecoming parade would take place, and where the homecoming queen and king would be announced. How is this bittersweet? Unfortunately, our football team did not exactly play to the best of their ability and ended the night with another loss, however, last night was the night where the homecoming queen and king would be announced along with homecoming floats and other fun stuff. While I don't have much more to say, here are some of the pictures that I got.

The CCHS stadium has horrible lighting and due to the fact that I, as a teenage, amateur photographer with no steady income, NO income for that matter, I do not exactly have the correct equipment for low lighting situations such as a football game at night. That would explain the blurriness.

Some of the CCHS bear pride. More so senior pride than bear pride. ha ha

More pride.

Katarina Rodriguez and Stephany Duenas were two homecoming queen runner-ups (top right)

And without further or due, THE CCHS HOMECOMING QUEEN AND KING, AMANDA HORNE AND STEPHEN ROCHET LOPEZ! Two friends, very good friends if I am able to add (at least from my perspective.... ha ha) that I am very proud of. Congratulations you guys!

Afterwards, we had a small photo shoot. Both Amanda and Stephen are two very photogenic people = AWESOME models, haha. Congratulations again you guys.

In case some of you are wondering, I took most of these photographs with the Canon 15mm fish eye. It was the widest lense that I had. The next in line would have been my 28-135 which is a tad bit too close. I do however LOVE the fish eye so in regards to my personal preference, it all worked about... but honestly speaking at the same time, I think the photos came out great even with the fish eye.

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